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 * Copyright © 2014-2021 The SiteWhere Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 *
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package com.sitewhere.sources.spi;

import com.sitewhere.spi.SiteWhereException;

/**
 * Encodes a device event into another representation.
 *
 * @param <T>
 */
public interface IDeviceEventEncoder<T> {

    /**
     * Encode an {@link IDecodedDeviceRequest} into another representation.
     * 
     * @param request
     *                    device event request to encode
     * @return encoded version of the request
     * @throws SiteWhereException
     *                                if request can not be encoded
     */
    public T encode(IDecodedDeviceRequest<?> request) throws SiteWhereException;
}